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I would not trust having ANY sensitive password on ANY PC period. Doing so is inviting disaster. The safest place for passwords is securely locked in the employees desk and NOT on any electronic media. NO electronic media is bulletproof and unlike the employees desk, snoopers can sneak in over the little wires that are connected to the box. Most snoopers around the office tend to be casual snoopers, but the ones traveling around on those little wires are real pros. And I don't care how encrypted those passwds or the file that holds them might be, the pros know how to expose them. You can count on it.
Posted by: George Mitchell   Posted on: 05/23/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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It depends  cipherskull_z | 05/23/05
Using Schemes  nucrash | 05/23/05
jot down passwords  lpengrg | 05/23/05
Advice from Microsoft security expert...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/23/05
Keep lock combo stickered to back of lock  Jeff Spicoli | 05/23/05
Passwords  Letophoro | 05/23/05
forgetting password to decrypt with  CobraA1 | 05/23/05
Microsoft security guru: Jot down your passwords  Loverock Davidson | 05/23/05
Depends really.  nucrash | 05/23/05
Quite frankly ...  George Mitchell | 05/23/05
A slightly better Idea...  Bill_Jackson | 05/23/05
Damn! You cracked my password!  MikeZD | 05/23/05
Why does MS bother  michael_t | 05/23/05
Microsoft should review their hiring practices!  norman_z | 05/23/05
Microsoft Security Guru: Leave Your House Key Under The Mat  itanalyst | 05/23/05
Darn, now I have to change the spot..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/23/05
of course a microsoft security guru would take the key with him?  JasonL31 | 05/23/05
unless he used passport  JasonL31 | 05/23/05
nobody wants to use their brainpower  MIS Master | 05/23/05
Bad Advice, VERY bad advice  Ludovit | 05/23/05
no kidding - it was just an example  MIS Master | 05/23/05
yes you are saying your answer is the end all  Been_Done_Before | 05/23/05
Try this  Jeff Spicoli | 05/23/05
So Bitty's would be Bill212* ?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/23/05
Bwahahahaha!!! Go X!!  Jeff Spicoli | 05/24/05
not when you have many userid\passwords to change ever 30 days  JasonL31 | 05/23/05
And this is where I would really love...  nucrash | 05/23/05
Not so bad  roland.b.adams@... | 05/23/05
my method, take it or leave it....  Henry Miller | 05/23/05
Write them where?  John L. Ries | 05/23/05
Here..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/23/05
That'll fix it!  John L. Ries | 05/23/05
And he is right ...  George Mitchell | 05/23/05
Written down password's I think not  mrlinux | 05/23/05
securing the written password  nmaryn@... | 05/24/05
requirig password changes every 30 days is bad to  JasonL31 | 05/23/05
I write them down all the time  toadlife | 05/23/05
Write it down - and keep the paper secure!  CobraA1 | 05/23/05
Storing passwords  smorris@... | 05/23/05
WHY????  htotten | 05/23/05
passwords are not the problem, it's trust  hipparchus2000 | 05/23/05
Note to self: don't read any stupid articles...  MepisLINUXuser | 05/23/05
ZDNet 1, Posters 0  IT Scion | 05/24/05
Hide it in plain sight.  sophmore | 05/24/05
Schneier  Cheiron | 05/24/05

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